Blasting and Explosive Safety

Summary

The Blasting and Explosive Safety course teaches attendees about the critical aspects of explosive safety in the mining and construction environment. This course covers critical content, such as: explosive safety, highwall safety, explosive in adverse weather, flyrock and environmental protection, explosive fumes, and much more.

This course is ideal for the blaster, engineer, or supervisor working in and around explosives and blasting in the mining environment. This course is taught by Dr. Calvin Konya, a world-renown explosive expert, and Anthony Konya, a certified MSHA instructor and explosive consultant.

Brief Course Outline

Introduction to Blasting Environment

Work Standards

Personal Protective Equipment

Highwall Inspections

Mitigating Highwall Risks

Equipment on a Blast Site

Preblast Surveys

Proper Loading Procedures

Initiation Systems

Explosive Safety

Explosive Transportation

Explosive Storage

Explosive Testing

Misfire Procedures

Flyrock Control and Prediction

Safe Zones for Blasting

Explosive Reactive Ores

Dewatering Boreholes

Toxic Gases

Who should take this course?

This course is critical for those working around explosives in a mining or construction environment on a daily basis. This course will be taught on a practical basis, giving attendees real world information and best practices to provide a safer working environment.

This course is also made for the safety professional or engineer that needs to supervise or oversee blasting operations. For those who are seeking to modify or implement new technologies into the blasting environment it is critical to understand the safety implication of these changes.

Furthermore, this course is crucial for mine managers, owners, and other operators that are ultimately responsible for the safety of the mine. This course will provide these individuals with a deep understanding of the safety with the use of explosives and its interaction with equipment and people.